how to pronounce наступать

/nəstʊˈpatʲ/

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наступать is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of наступать in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… продолжаю наступать на одни и те же …”

meanings of наступать

verb:

To attack, to advance, to be on the offensive.
To come, to begin, to set in.
To tread, to step on.

наступать frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word наступать occurs in russian on average 2.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.